Marc Zedler is the deputy head of DG COMP’s merger unit dealing with transaction in the IT, telecommunication and media sectors. Previously he had worked in DG COMP’s merger policy and case support unit. Before he joined the European Commission, he was a Senior Associate in a leading law firm in Germany. He studied law in Germany, acquired a PhD in Munich and an LL.M. in Georgetown, Washington DC.

Davina Garrod leads Akin’s International Competition group. With more than 26 years’ experience, in addition to conducting multijurisdictional merger control analyses, navigating and obtaining antitrust and regulatory approvals for complex transactions within and outside of the European Union, and negotiating remedies packages, Davina represents multinationals, technology companies, digital platforms, sovereign wealth funds, PE and other institutions in the context of their strategic and financial investments (transactional and contentious). Davina also represents clients in foreign investment and national security investigations in the UK, Europe, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, as well as in EC State aid, foreign and UK subsidies cases, and behavioural antitrust investigations before the EC and UK CMA. Davina is recognized by leading legal directories for her “encyclopedic understanding of competition and merger control laws”, her “in-depth understanding of the regulatory landscape in markets”, for expressing “complex analysis in a commercial manner” and highlighted as an “excellent choice for clients”. London based, Davina has also worked in Washington, D.C. and Brussels.

Kay Jebelli is Senior Director for Europe at Chamber of Progress, representing a broad cross-section of technology industry players on a wide range of policy issues. Prior to moving to policy, Kay worked for over a decade as a competition lawyer in private practice, in the European Commission Directorate-General for Competition, in academia, and as Senior Legal Counsel at a leading UK media and communications company. Before starting his legal career, Kay worked as a computer engineer.

Pedro Hinojo is an Economist working at CNMC (Spanish Commission on Markets and Competition) as the Head of the Information Society Unit in the Competition Directorate, in charge of competition policy in digital, telecom, media, intellectual property and other related sectors. Previously he had worked in the Research Unit, focused on digital markets, sharing economy, telecoms, financial sector and general advocacy and compliance issues. He has worked in other areas of the public sector related to economic analysis and economic policy. He has several publications in these fields and academic experience.

Imogen has been a Director in the Mergers team at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) since January 2023. In this role, Imogen leads case teams on complex Phase 1 merger cases and oversees the CMA's mergers intelligence function. Imogen was previously an Assistant Director of Mergers and, prior to joining the CMA, a Senior Associate in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's London antitrust, competition and trade practice.